FROM CULTURAL RESOURCES to CULTURAL CAPITAL

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1 FROM CULTURAL RESOURCES to CULTURAL CAPITAL Gail Dexter Lord, Co-President, Lord Cultural Resources ICOM 22 nd General Conference & General Assembly Museum Economy and Development Forum November 8, 2010

2 Lord Cultural Resources

3 What is CULTURE? An active ongoing human process whereby people transform nature and society, producing meanings Each type of culture produces cultural resources

4 Material Culture Production and Distribution of our Material Necessities: Food, Water, Shelter, Warmth, etc. Physical Culture Procreation, Childbirth, Health, Medicine, Sport, Sex, Reproduction and Disposal of the Body Social- Political Culture Meanings apprehended intellectually Aesthetic Culture Meanings apprehended by our senses & our imagination

5 Photo: Tim Bies and Benjamin Benschneider Photo: Tim Bies Y Benjamin Benschneider Material Culture Transformation of the material environment around us

6 Photo: AP Physical Culture All the activities needed for human health and reproduction Photo: AP

7 Photo: Watershed Publishing/Retailer Daily Photo: Open Minds Production, LLC Social-Political Culture How societies organize the products of material and physical culture

8 Reclining Figure Henry Moore, UK Aesthetic Culture Meanings created in objects that are understood and appreciated by our senses and imagination

9 Production Meanings Material Culture: Production and Distribution of our Material Necessities: Food, Water, Shelter, Warmth, etc. Social- Political Culture: Meanings apprehended intellectually Surplus Physical Culture: Procreation, Childbirth, Health, Medicine, Sport, Sex, Reproduction and Disposal of the Body Population Aesthetic Culture: Meanings apprehended by our senses & our imagination

10 Photo: Image from book-set on Norman Bethune in China Individuals are engaged with every type of culture

11 Norman Bethune in Montreal, 1928 The Children s Art Centre, an arts school for poor children, founded by Bethune in his own Montreal apartment

12 Museums and heritage sites research, conserve, preserve and display cultural resources of all types

13 Material Culture in Museums: Museum of Crafts in Letohrad, Czech Republic

14 Photo: Museu do Futebol, Brazil Physical Culture in Museums: Museu do Futebol, Brazil

15 Photo: Xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn Social-Political Culture in Museums: Deng Xiaoping Exhibition, Shenzhen, Guandong Province Photo: Flickr.com

16 The Louvre, Paris Aesthetic Culture in Museums: Visitors at the Louvre Visitors at the Louvre, Paris

17 CULTURAL CHANGE: THE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

18 A Globally Competitive Workforce Industrial Economy Physical strength Follow orders Organized Some problem solving Memorization Basic communication Aggregate Knowledge Economy Intellectual strength Lead Individualistic All problem solving Improvisation Great communication CREATE!

19 Cultural Capital using cultural resources to: Build Skills Create New Knowledge Stimulate creativity Transform consumption into productions Partner with financial capital

20 How can museums build on their rich Cultural Resources to create Cultural Capital?

21 1. Demonstrate the value of questioning

22 San Francisco

23 The Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco

24 Massai Herdsmen with Digital Phones. James Foght, 2003 Cell phone Fabric Feb 12, 2008 AFRICA.Dot.COM: From Drums to Digital MoAD February 7 June 1, 2008

25 2. Stimulate connections across boundaries of discipline and geography

26 The Louvre Paris

27 Le Laboratoire Paris

28 Bel-Air A revolutionary air filter with intelligent plant design

29 The Pumpkin A beautiful way to carry water, the world s most precious and endangered resource

30 Trinity College Dublin

31 The ArtScience Gallery at Trinity College Dublin

32 Margaret and Christine Wertheim Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef March 20 June 11, 2010, The ArtScience Gallery

Power Plastic: A scalable solar photovoltaic film that can be

allow one person to transport four days of water in one trip

currents made by algae during photosynthesis Green Machines:

33 Power Plastic: A scalable solar photovoltaic film that can be used anywhere Hippo Water Roller: A rolling bucket that will allow one person to transport four days of water in one trip Latro: An energy efficient light produced by electrical currents made by algae during photosynthesis Green Machines: Kick-Start the Revolution March 20 June 11, 2010, The ArtScience Gallery

34 The University of Toronto Toronto, Canada 2010

35 Subtle Technologies Festival Toronto, Canada

36 Elevated bikeways connecting distant parts of the city A mobile media living unit used to support nomadic lifestyles away from established settlements Subtle Technologies Festival 2010 Exhibitions

37 3. Engage Youth

38 Passive Cultural Consumption

39 Active Cultural Engagement

40 ZOOM Ocean ZOOM Exhibition: Cash, Quid and Bucks ZOOM Children s Museum Vienna

Target Arts and Wonder Family Program, 2010.

41 Target Arts and Wonder Family Program, Ryan Education Center Ryan Education Center, The Art Institute of Chicago

42 4. Nurture a creative economy

43 A Creative Economy: The Republic of Singapore

44 Thriving Biotechnology Industries Orita Sinclair School of Art and New Media Engaging Creative Resources

45 Celebrity tour of Primary Colours: Feng Zhengjie on display at the Singapore Art Museum Creating Cultural Capital

46 Marina Bay Sands

47 5. Develop Cultural Tourism

48 Shanghai

49 Expo 2010 Expo 2010 Shanghai

50 6. Build on cultural resources to create cultural capital and attract financial capita and development

Salford, England The Most Deprived City in Europe 1850-1990

51 Salford, England The Most Deprived City in Europe Lost Industry after WW2 and closure of Manchester Ship Canal

52 LS Lowry, A Manufacturing Town. 1922

Salford Revitalization Biggest, most expensive Millennium project in the UK outside London Won Best Building for the Year 2000 Attracted Imperial

53 Salford Revitalization Biggest, most expensive Millennium project in the UK outside London Won Best Building for the Year 2000 Attracted Imperial War Museum, Condos, Shopping Centers Won competition for BBC s Media City $240-million investment led to $3 billion in inward investment 6,500 new jobs

54 The Lowry by Night

55 The City of Peace Osnabrück, Germany

56 Gerard ter Borch, Ratification of the Peace of Westphalia 1648 in Münster Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

57 SA Parade, Dortmund, Germany 1933 Holocaust Survivors Nazi Germany Deportation and murder of Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, communists and the disabled Suppression of political, social, and cultural expression

Quiet on the Western Front and its sequel, The Road

58 A Nazi book burning, May 1933 All Quiet on the Western Front, published 1928 Erich Maria Remarque s book, All Quiet on the Western Front and its sequel, The Road Back, were among the books banned and burned in Nazi Germany.

59 Erich Maria Remarque ( ) Felix Nussbaum ( )

60 Felix Nussbaum born in Osnabrück 1904, Murdered in Auschwitz Self portrait 1943

61 Felix Nussbaum, Death Triumphant 1944

62 Osnabrück, Germany Felix Nussbaum Haus

63 Osnabrück, Germany Erich Maria Remarque Peace House and Museum

64 Remarque: Cultural Resource to Cultural Capital

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MUSEUMS, HERITAGE SITES AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INTRODUCTION

MUSEUMS, HERITAGE SITES AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INTRODUCTION Gail Lord, Co-President Lord Cultural Resources Cultural Heritage and Public Participation April 16 20 Ningbo, China What is CULTURE? An active